Plans to kick off Enable (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire})'s 5-year-old campaign in the G1 Prince of Wales's S. at Royal Ascot have been scrapped, and the dual G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner will be re-routed to the G1 Coral-Eclipse at Sandown on July 6.
“Following a piece of work on the Limekilns this morning both John Gosden and Frankie Dettori feel that Royal Ascot will come too soon for her,” Teddy Grimthorpe, racing manager to owner/breeder Khalid Abdullah, said in a statement. “She will now be aimed at the Eclipse at Sandown on July 6. Her main target remains the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.”
Enable, not seen since winning last year's GI Breeders' Cup Turf, was expected to meet a star-studded lineup at Royal Ascot including last year's Arc second Sea of Class (Ire) (Sea the Stars {Ire}), Ghaiyaath (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), Waldgeist (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) and potentially Magical (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), Masar (GB) (New Approach {Ire}) and Lah Ti Dar (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}). Enable is now the 4-1 favourite for the Coral-Eclipse.
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